Author: Amy Ridenour

Bad Guys Won World War II?

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From today's Washington Post: As troops march past and planes streak overhead, President Bush will assume his place in the reviewing stand on Red Square in front of Lenin's tomb, marking the 60th anniversary of the Soviet victory (emphasis added) ...
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Labor Unions, Social Security and the Law

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UPI's Peter Roff is reporting that the Bush Administration isn't taking a certain type of labor union intimidation lying down: The AFL-CIO has been at the forefront of the effort to derail President George W. Bush's plan to add personal ...
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The FEC and Bloggers

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The Washington Post brings us this objective article on "crack[ing] down on bloggers who write about politics." I counted 11 paragraphs in favor of a federal government crackdown on those nasty bloggers who apparently still believe in the First Amendment ...
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Strengthen The Good: Tom Family Education Trust

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This month's Strengthen The Good charity is the Tom Family Education Trust. Please take a minute and read about this single Mom of 13 children, 11 of whom she adopted, many with handicaps or a serious disease. The Tom Family ...
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Employment

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By way of the Daou Report, which I read nearly every day on Salon for a summary of interesting posts on various blogs, I learned of this post on Ankle Biting Pundits: You aren't going to believe this (OK, maybe ...
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Everything I Know Is Wrong: 2005 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators

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Everything I Know Is Wrong is justifiably plugging the Pacific Research Institute's 2005 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators. For ten years now, the Pacific Research Institute has provided this report card on environmental progress. I read it every year ...
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Ryan Balis: Airbus Isn’t Green

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Ryan Balis has a piece in the Houston Chronicle, among other papers, asking the question: Is Europe's new government-subsidized Airbus A380 super jumbo jet environmentally-friendly? And, if not, why are European leaders on our case about Kyoto? Addendum: Professor Bainbridge ...
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Cupertino Teacher Update

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The Cupertino public school teacher who was banned from distributing documents written by America's Founding Fathers because of their religious content has won a round in federal court. A federal judge has dismissed the school district's attempt to get a ...
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Putin’s Note on the Door

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Speaking of Putin, it appears that he is continuing to micromanage "justice" in Russia. Reports the UK Guardian, April 28 edition: The verdict in Russia's most controversial post-Soviet trial of billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been delayed by three weeks, a ...
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Asbestos Trust Fund in the Making?

Progress on asbestos? Depends upon whom you ask. For background on the issues surrounding the proposed asbestos trust fund, go here ...
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